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Colic? Emergency! Help!

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There's a filly at my barn who I think has something like Colic.. She was down last night, but got up and acted OK. (OK as in, not dead.)
. I noticed that she was walking REALLY weirdly. She was woozy and looked drunk. Right as I was climbing over the gate to leave, another mare in the pasture (the boss), chases her and the filly falls and doesn't bother to get up. I tried to call & text her owners, no luck with that, so I just sat with her, holding her head in my lap, not really knowing what to do. My dad and I tried to get her to stand up, no luck. Owners were still not picking up, and we're not supposed to call the vet without owners permission, even though we really wanted to. Plus the owners already knew something was wrong and supposedly had the vet out last night (my dad might have just told me that to comfort me, though.)
I have absolutely no idea what it is. Does colic make horses woozy and drunk-like? Or is it another kind of disease that might spread to my horses?!?! I'm so worried about the filly - I honestly think she's dying and I'm p*ssed off at the owners that they are not around to get a vet or something. I jstu don't know what to do!!!!!!!!!!!
Please give me some advice. I'm 14, and there's not much I can do for a dying yearling filly!!! :'(
 
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